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Meanings of family silver in English

Russian
столовое серебро
Portuguese
prataria
Spanish
plateria
Catalan
argenteria

Work of silver.

столовое серебро
Usage of family silver in English
1
What's the best way to move your family silver between countries?
Radio NZ
2
It's one thing, as Macmillan said, to sell the family silver.
The Guardian
3
So, a strategic withdrawal: the tarnished family silver stowed in a bottom cupboard.
The Guardian
4
Except for some of the family silver, the safe was empty.
The Poisoned Pen
5
Death Row would be interested if they weren't busy flogging the family silver.
The Irish Times
6
And to pay for it all BP will continue to sell the family silver.
Reuters
7
We cannot sell our family silver, Swamy said on Twitter.
Reuters
8
This isn't the family silver, but a few little things that are more valuable.
A Hoosier Chronicle
9
Under the cover of that genuflection, unscrupulous men can make off with the family silver.
The Tyranny Of Words
10
He, too, had family portraits and family silver, and he lived scrupulously up to them.
The Gay Cockade
11
Second, low debt levels should allow Gulf states to borrow, rather than sell the family silver.
Reuters
12
When you sell the family silver, it's gone.
The Irish Times
13
You might make off with the family silver.
The burglar who painted like mondrian
14
Like a burglar scouring the house for the family silver, he pawed through directory after directory.
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
15
That would be like selling the family silver.
The Irish Times
16
The Government's being accused of wanting to flog off the family silver to control spiraling Government debt.
Radio NZ
Translations for family silver
Portuguese
prataria
Catalan
argenteria